Research Grant
[Cite as http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/211934]Researchers: E/Pr Don Robertson (Principal investigator) , Dr Wilhelmina Mulders
Brief description Nerve pathways exist that carry information from the highest parts of the brain to the peripheral hearing organ, the inner ear. These descending control pathways have the potential to affect the hearing process in a number of ways; protecting from loud sounds, improving the detection of signals in noisy backgrounds, selecting stimuli of interest and regulating a variety of aspects of inner ear function. Abnormal function of these pathways can affect hearing sensitivity and may be important in phenomena such as tinnitus and other disorders of hearing. This project will investigate the subtle effects that selective activation of these pathways has on inner ear function and will attempt to unravel the different influences that subcomponents of the pathways have on the different aspects of hearing.
Funding Amount $AUD 235,880.00
Funding Scheme NHMRC Project Grants
Notes Standard Project Grant
- PURL : http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/211934
- nhmrc : 211934